Go vs. Chess
Lazy Otakus
20-06-2006, 14:55
Go (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29) vs. Chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess)!
Who would win?
Similization
20-06-2006, 14:56
No idea. Never played Go.
BogMarsh
20-06-2006, 14:57
Go (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29) vs. Chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess)!
Who would win?
*slaps you over the head with a leaden 25 stone chessboard*
Congratulations - that is checkmate!
Cluichstan
20-06-2006, 14:57
*slaps you over the head with a leaden 25 stone chessboard*
Congratulations - that is checkmate!
LOL :D
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Lazy Otakus
20-06-2006, 15:01
No idea. Never played Go.
You should give it a try, it's a very challenging game.
Franberry
20-06-2006, 15:02
I would say chess, because I've never played GO
Koon Proxy
20-06-2006, 15:02
They're both good games... Chess is far easier, though, hmm.
UIgrotha
20-06-2006, 15:02
Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double entry accounting.
From Shibumi, bestseller by Trevanian
The Blaatschapen
20-06-2006, 15:02
Go Chess! :D
BogMarsh
20-06-2006, 15:04
Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double entry accounting.
From Shibumi, bestseller by Trevanian
Philosophy serves no real purpose.
Proper accounting keeps your behind out of the nick.
Not to mention the poorhouse.
I say Go, just because it's much much harder than chess.
Similization
20-06-2006, 15:11
You should give it a try, it's a very challenging game.I'll see if I can find a place to buy it then. My girlfriend's crazy about boardgames.
Mythotic Kelkia
20-06-2006, 15:13
Go. It's just... it makes Chess look like snakes and ladders. Orders of magnitude more sophisticated.
Daistallia 2104
20-06-2006, 17:07
Go, all the way. I was in a chess club in high school. Then I picked up Go in college. A 19x19 game of Go is the equivilant of 5 simultanious games of chess (4 corners plus the center). A 9x9 game is a knife fight if a phone booth.
And even better, Go is a striped down pure and sublimely elegant game. The rules are the very definition of simplicity, but the strategy takes a lifetime. It is of note that current computer software (Deep Blue et al) can compete with the top chess pros, but not with middling Go pros.
For those who haven't played, I reccomend http://playgo.to/interactive/index.html - it's an excellent and fun onlinew tutorial that teaches the very basics.
That's an excellent webpage to learn the basics. Shame more people haven't played Go or they'd never suggest chess is superior.
Ladamesansmerci
21-06-2006, 01:00
That's an excellent webpage to learn the basics. Shame more people haven't played Go or they'd never suggest chess is superior.
Yep, some of the Go matches you can watch on (Asian) TV is like watching an art piece being completed. It just...takes my breath away. *sighs*
Daistallia 2104
21-06-2006, 03:40
That's an excellent webpage to learn the basics. Shame more people haven't played Go or they'd never suggest chess is superior.
Daistallia - Go evangalist... :D
Yep, some of the Go matches you can watch on (Asian) TV is like watching an art piece being completed. It just...takes my breath away. *sighs*
Funny you should mention that. The "Igo/Shogi" channel is a favorite of mine.
Dzanissimo
21-06-2006, 14:08
You should give it a try, it's a very challenging game.
I second that. Go is really a great game.